#CDE161#CDE161

#CDE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.154 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE161
RGB	rgb(205, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -24.24, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 63.90, 112.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0703 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.154 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2606, 67.6932, 21.5146)
Luminance	0.6769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE161 #7561E1

analogous

#E1B561 #CDE161 #8DE161

triadic

#CDE161 #61CDE1 #E161CD

tetradic

#CDE161 #61E1B5 #7561E1 #E1618D

square

#CDE161 #61E1B5 #7561E1 #E1618D

split-complementary

#CDE161 #618DE1 #B561E1

monochromatic

#93A820 #BDD72E #CDE161 #DDEB94 #EEF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CDE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#CDE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE161

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE161	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.154 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfea92',
    500: '#cde161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde161;
$custom-light: #dfea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.375,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86967,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE161

secondary

#4D3CAA

accent

#15D033

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE161

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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